This Past Weekend with Theo Von - E293 Back to Our Roots

00:00:01.000 Man, Mexican people work hard as hell, man.

00:00:05.480 I gotta be honest with you.

00:00:08.280 No complaining, just work hard.

00:00:13.040 I mean, just...

00:00:14.500 Dude, I went to a funeral of a Mexican guy.

00:00:18.220 He climbed out of the casket, dug his own grave hole,

00:00:22.660 and then got back in the casket, man.

00:00:25.120 I mean, just no complaining, grind, grind, get the job done, man.

00:00:32.780 I'll be honest.

00:00:33.460 I'm not saying other people don't, but...

00:00:36.120 If I have...

00:00:38.380 If I gotta do something...

00:00:40.800 For example, I need to build a picnic table or a...

00:00:44.120 You know, an edible seating structure.

00:00:48.340 You know, table.

00:00:50.760 And I got...

00:00:52.120 I got nine people to help me do it.

00:00:55.440 If six out of the nine people are Mexican, bruh...

00:01:00.120 Andele, Papa, we getting it done.

00:01:01.920 I'm telling you that, dude.

00:01:04.080 I'm telling you that we gonna be eating lunch early as a group.

00:01:09.420 Yeah, because that table's gonna be a fini, baby.

00:01:13.660 Finished.

00:01:16.320 I just wanted...

00:01:17.160 I just...

00:01:17.520 You know, that's been on my heart.

00:01:18.800 It's been on my heart that...

00:01:24.600 Mexican people just...

00:01:26.760 Dang.

00:01:28.640 You know, it's just...

00:01:29.780 I mean, it's inspiring when I see it.

00:01:32.980 Just the...

00:01:33.900 You know, I see...

00:01:34.480 Look, I saw a Mexican guy cut down a tree...

00:01:37.680 Make it into wood...

00:01:39.100 Bars.

00:01:40.300 Bars of wood.

00:01:41.160 And then use the wood to make a...

00:01:44.280 He built a damn tree with it.

00:01:47.080 I mean, that's how...

00:01:48.220 They just...

00:01:49.620 It's non-stop, man.

00:01:52.240 And es...

00:01:53.080 Inspira...

00:01:53.980 Inspiracional.

00:01:56.180 Papa.

00:01:58.360 Man, I'm so excited to be here today.

00:02:01.020 And I'm so excited that I'm not alone.

00:02:03.880 That you're here with me.

00:02:05.100 We got a special episode.

00:02:06.040 So, let's get into it.

00:02:14.680 Yup.

00:02:15.260 You think I won't play it again, baby?

00:02:16.800 I'll play it again, baby.

00:02:19.120 Let me shine.

00:02:22.540 I'm just sitting on your front porch...

00:02:25.760 Wondering how could I be so far from my home.

00:02:30.840 Mm-hmm.

00:02:31.540 And my mind is somewhere else...

00:02:36.380 But when I find it, I'll patch up where it's been...

00:02:40.700 Now we got it.

00:02:42.080 Come on.

00:02:44.940 Now I'm just floating on the breeze...

00:02:47.940 And I feel I'm falling like these leaves...

00:02:50.880 I must be cornerstone...

00:02:53.540 Oh, but when I reach that ground...

00:02:58.820 I'll share this peace of mind I found...

00:03:01.660 I can feel it in my bones...

00:03:05.880 But it's gonna take a little time...

00:03:12.060 For me to set that parking brake...

00:03:14.900 And let myself unwind...

00:03:18.300 Shine that light on me...

00:03:21.280 Let's go!

00:03:22.040 I'll sit and tell you my stories...

00:03:28.100 Oh, yeah!

00:03:29.160 Shine on me...

00:03:31.520 This will make it grab you.

00:03:33.040 And I will find a song...

00:03:36.480 I will sing it just for you...

00:03:41.880 Woo!

00:03:44.860 Man, that song, that's one of those...

00:03:48.040 You know, that song honestly made me grab my nuts a little.

00:03:51.980 Man!

00:03:53.740 And I squeeze them when I grab them.

00:03:56.980 I'll be honest with you...

00:03:58.040 I don't want to lie about this.

00:04:00.340 This song made me grab my bag, baby...

00:04:03.280 And just...

00:04:04.700 And just put a little dang...

00:04:08.280 Elbow just...

00:04:09.560 Make them...

00:04:12.280 Make those...

00:04:12.840 Make that...

00:04:13.460 Make those fellas whistle, bruh!

00:04:15.400 I'll squeeze that bag!

00:04:16.920 You can hear one of your nuts go...

00:04:20.980 And your nut...

00:04:25.820 Dude, when you nut, you gotta think about that.

00:04:28.580 When you squeeze your nuts, they get...

00:04:30.360 They don't know what's up.

00:04:32.080 One of them's like...

00:04:33.300 And you always got that one scared nut...

00:04:35.240 He kind of hides in the back like...

00:04:37.120 Oh, oh, oh, oh...

00:04:38.460 Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah!

00:04:39.780 Dad's coming!

00:04:40.620 Oh, shit!

00:04:42.700 And the one just stays up there...

00:04:44.380 And he's kind of brave...

00:04:45.320 But he still feels that squeeze...

00:04:46.800 Just...

00:04:47.040 But that's that bag grabber, baby...

00:04:52.720 Right there!

00:04:53.220 That's Bishop Gunn...

00:04:55.520 With Shine!

00:04:56.520 And I'm happy to be here today with you...

00:05:00.620 And I really am...

00:05:02.520 You know, I'm just feeling...

00:05:06.400 Damn!

00:05:10.260 Never ends, that email.

00:05:12.220 It never ends.

00:05:14.900 And that's one of my damn pet peeves, bruh...

00:05:16.900 Besides pets, it's just miscellaneous emails.

00:05:20.440 You know what I'm saying?

00:05:21.220 It's nighttime, right?

00:05:22.100 Who's sending me something?

00:05:22.960 Remember, Best Buy used to send those emails at like...

00:05:28.900 12 p.m.

00:05:30.880 Oh, you need a new 7-disc changer!

00:05:35.300 Stop on in!

00:05:38.680 Who needs this first-generation iPod?

00:05:42.260 You can...

00:05:42.820 Dude, it runs on your pulse!

00:05:45.200 As long as you're alive, you can listen to some damn...

00:05:48.000 Goo-goo dolls!

00:05:50.440 What?

00:05:51.220 What?

00:05:51.560 And it's midnight!

00:05:54.300 You trying to finish a school paper or finish a...

00:05:57.500 You know, doing a contract or something.

00:06:00.400 A business...

00:06:01.580 You know, document.

00:06:03.580 A damn X-file or whatever it's called.

00:06:07.300 But Best Buy would be right on time with that email.

00:06:10.640 At midnight.

00:06:11.660 Ding!

00:06:13.400 Hey!

00:06:14.380 You don't...

00:06:14.880 You need an oven!

00:06:17.340 Don't you and Melanie need an oven?

00:06:19.540 Like, bitch, it's fucking midnight.

00:06:22.120 We ate four hours ago.

00:06:24.240 And y'all emailing me about these convention ovens, man.

00:06:28.840 Just...

00:06:29.600 That's the problem with email.

00:06:33.180 It's like somebody knocking on your door that doesn't own a watch.

00:06:37.560 And don't know...

00:06:39.480 How the sun work.

00:06:42.220 Hey!

00:06:42.500 Hey!

00:06:42.680 No.

00:06:45.840 That's what I'm saying, no.

00:06:50.220 I...

00:06:50.700 Yeah, I'm just saying that some songs that make you squeeze your body like that.

00:06:57.260 And the reason they do it is because that you're trying to...

00:07:03.060 If a man...

00:07:04.060 I'll say...

00:07:05.200 I'm going to say this correctly.

00:07:06.960 If a man squeezes himself on his nuts...

00:07:12.720 He's...

00:07:13.400 It's almost like I'm saying, hey, man, I want to put a little more life into the world.

00:07:16.780 Because you're trying to...

00:07:19.800 You're just like...

00:07:20.360 Something makes you bring you so much joy.

00:07:22.160 I just want to...

00:07:23.400 You know, I want to get as much...

00:07:26.280 I just want to squeeze a little more into the...

00:07:29.340 I just...

00:07:29.860 I want more life to hear this.

00:07:32.800 You know, I want everything in my bag to come to the top.

00:07:36.560 Top of me to...

00:07:37.440 I want all the hidden little semens inside of me and seeds and little, you know, birth hopefuls to swim out to the front of my skin and just absorb whatever I'm absorbing.

00:07:51.200 I want them to feel...

00:07:52.420 I want them to hear the music.

00:07:55.620 I want to hear one of them little, you know...

00:07:58.360 A little semen or something.

00:08:00.100 A little...

00:08:00.900 Whatever they're called.

00:08:01.900 A little...

00:08:02.260 One of them little nut parakeets.

00:08:04.040 You know, one of them little...

00:08:05.920 Slippery heroes.

00:08:08.940 I want them to just...

00:08:09.920 I want to just see his little...

00:08:11.600 Him putting his little...

00:08:13.320 Ear or whatever...

00:08:14.800 Up to the dang edge of my stomach on the inside and hearing the...

00:08:18.360 I want them to be out there.

00:08:20.420 That's what I'm saying.

00:08:21.040 Hey, wake up, fellas.

00:08:23.140 Get out here and listen to what I'm enjoying.

00:08:27.580 Oh, but I'm glad to be here with you today.

00:08:29.780 I hope you're having a wonderful day here.

00:08:31.660 It's the beginning of September.

00:08:34.320 And this...

00:08:35.780 You know...

00:08:38.040 Man, I'll say this.

00:08:39.220 This was the first week I started to feel...

00:08:43.300 Like I was pretending with the pandemic.

00:08:50.120 Anybody else feel that?

00:08:53.260 Yeah, like I just...

00:08:54.140 I started to feel like I was...

00:08:55.720 Like I have this mask.

00:08:57.320 I wear it.

00:08:58.040 And I do the mask.

00:08:58.900 I wear it.

00:09:00.580 You know?

00:09:00.960 But I started to feel like...

00:09:03.860 It started to feel real Truman Show-y to me.

00:09:07.280 I just had this moment.

00:09:09.180 I was like, is this...

00:09:10.640 What's going on?

00:09:11.940 It just felt...

00:09:13.840 Like I'm pretending.

00:09:18.280 I don't know if anybody else had that feeling.

00:09:19.960 And I don't know everything of what it is, you know?

00:09:22.000 I just felt like...

00:09:24.660 Am I...

00:09:25.260 I don't know.

00:09:27.860 You know, when you pretend something, you feel like you're pretending something.

00:09:31.200 If you pretend to be a wolf...

00:09:33.260 You know?

00:09:34.380 Then you...

00:09:36.740 You might do some things.

00:09:38.800 You might piss on the floor or whatever.

00:09:40.680 You know, eat out of a little dish or something.

00:09:43.000 If you're real young.

00:09:44.100 If you're like a little...

00:09:46.020 But if you're like a young wolf or whatever you're pretending.

00:09:51.400 You know?

00:09:53.300 But if...

00:09:54.180 But you're just pretending.

00:09:56.140 But you know you're pretending.

00:09:57.500 Oh, I'm pretending to be a wolf right now.

00:09:58.980 I'm crawling on four legs and I'm...

00:10:01.120 You know?

00:10:02.240 Mom's not home and I'm peeing over here behind the...

00:10:04.380 This little...

00:10:05.380 You know, shiffer robe that she keeps a dictionary on.

00:10:09.120 But...

00:10:09.560 So I don't know.

00:10:12.000 I just had this feeling the other day.

00:10:14.260 Like, am I pretending that this is all real?

00:10:19.680 It was interesting.

00:10:21.560 Just had that feeling.

00:10:25.220 But you know, I wanted to think about...

00:10:27.380 I wanted to think about...

00:10:30.020 You know, we send a lot of people to space.

00:10:34.380 And they just sent two fellas to space.

00:10:36.820 Two, I think, white guys probably.

00:10:38.460 I don't know.

00:10:41.940 You know how America is these days.

00:10:43.760 Hey, we got to get rid of these white dudes, right?

00:10:45.600 They don't send us anywhere.

00:10:47.720 But they just sent two white...

00:10:49.160 They sent two guys from Florida into space.

00:10:53.300 And that right there is just...

00:10:56.420 You know, I don't understand.

00:10:57.780 Why are we going to space all the time?

00:10:59.560 No, we can't handle...

00:11:02.000 We can't handle shit here.

00:11:04.460 You know, two out of seven Americans can't swim.

00:11:09.180 And we out there getting in the deep end of the galaxy.

00:11:13.800 With no floaties on, bro.

00:11:15.720 You see what they send these dudes out there in?

00:11:18.920 This thing like a damn 84 Chevy Blazer.

00:11:22.920 Sometimes a bit...

00:11:23.920 The thing they send these dudes out there.

00:11:25.960 You know, and it...

00:11:30.140 I just don't understand what we're doing.

00:11:32.500 It's so...

00:11:33.140 Like...

00:11:33.960 I'm not saying it's not fun to think about what's out there, but...

00:11:38.960 I just...

00:11:39.560 All of my...

00:11:40.080 Just sending people to space?

00:11:42.240 We send two dudes out of Florida.

00:11:44.780 A couple spring break addicts every time.

00:11:47.000 Down here in Florida, we blasting two bad boys out there.

00:11:52.680 It's like, come on.

00:11:55.380 Going to space.

00:11:57.580 The moon.

00:11:58.500 That's the thing.

00:11:59.140 Oh, we had a couple fellas on the moon.

00:12:03.820 Dude, being on the moon is kind of like that guy that gets on your...

00:12:07.720 Like at a pool party who gets up on the roof of the house.

00:12:10.800 He's like, I'm going to look at me.

00:12:12.300 Bro, you ain't doing much up there, buddy.

00:12:18.620 There ain't nothing up there for you, man.

00:12:22.080 And it seems like a cool idea.

00:12:23.700 He's climbing up.

00:12:24.680 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:12:25.640 Then he gets up there.

00:12:26.460 It's like, man.

00:12:27.700 There's no vending machines.

00:12:29.460 There's only the opportunity for real failure.

00:12:34.680 You know, there's only...

00:12:36.040 You're going to end up in the white section of World Star Hip Hop videos, daddy.

00:12:39.680 I'm just saying, man.

00:12:42.180 It's time to get back to the roots.

00:12:45.240 We got to focus on our own little space that's going on here.

00:12:50.240 That's what I need to do.

00:12:51.260 I know that, man.

00:12:52.000 I got to focus more on my own.

00:12:53.540 I'm out here doing all of this.

00:12:56.260 Well, you know.

00:12:57.720 Letting my thoughts go off to Mars and do this and that.

00:13:00.680 And that's good.

00:13:01.280 It's fun.

00:13:04.260 But, man.

00:13:04.920 I need to...

00:13:06.680 I want to get back to the roots.

00:13:09.680 And that's what I wanted to do today, man, with this episode.

00:13:12.560 You know, when the podcast started out, we used to really do some stuff for single moms.

00:13:19.140 And I know a lot of listeners are raised by single moms and stuff out there.

00:13:22.900 And that's always had a big place in my heart.

00:13:26.960 And a lot of your hearts as well.

00:13:28.720 And so, you know, today we wanted to reach out to some of the single moms that we've met over the years.

00:13:34.660 Of being a part of this past weekend and touch in with them.

00:13:41.120 And see what's going on in their lives.

00:13:42.840 You know, this is a busy time in their lives with the...

00:13:44.720 They got children going back to school.

00:13:47.780 You know, they got a...

00:13:49.620 You know, they're sitting here during...

00:13:51.040 They got a damn...

00:13:52.620 You know.

00:13:53.760 They got the disease in the air or wherever.

00:13:55.900 And so, it's a good chance to be able to check in with these beautiful ladies.

00:14:04.980 So, let's get into that now.

00:14:06.360 Right now, let's get into it.

00:14:08.540 We got a Zoom, actually.

00:14:10.020 This is going to be live.

00:14:10.940 We got a Zoom coming in here with Breezy.

00:14:14.400 From Utah.

00:14:18.460 And let's see if we can get her on here.

00:14:21.420 And we went to an escape room over there.

00:14:23.580 Man, and I'm so thankful that...

00:14:28.280 I'm thankful that we're getting to do this today.

00:14:32.040 I really am.

00:14:34.940 I really am.

00:14:36.100 You know, during a lot of this pandemic, I just...

00:14:39.580 Man, I got scared.

00:14:42.300 You know, I got really scared about my own business.

00:14:45.060 And, you know, I was just...

00:14:47.920 I just worked so hard to get to be in a space with comedy where I could really survive and make a living.

00:14:54.500 And then this happened.

00:14:55.780 And so, I started to get real scared.

00:14:59.700 And honestly, man, I got real angry a lot of times.

00:15:02.260 And just didn't make me feel good.

00:15:11.580 And it's hard for me to make other people feel good when I'm in a place of just anger.

00:15:21.260 You know, and especially a lot happened in society on the news and stuff.

00:15:25.040 It makes you...

00:15:26.180 It feeds into that.

00:15:27.800 Oh, here's a reason to be angry.

00:15:30.900 Here's a reason to be angry.

00:15:35.580 But I don't want to be that.

00:15:38.040 I just don't want to be it.

00:15:39.420 You know, got me getting angry at people that I care about.

00:15:47.740 Just angry at...

00:15:49.340 Just...

00:15:50.540 I don't know.

00:15:53.260 It's not worth it.

00:15:54.840 So, here we got a beautiful lady right here.

00:16:02.320 Hey, Breezy, can you hear me?

00:16:05.860 What's going on?

00:16:06.740 How are you?

00:16:08.560 Oh, I'm really...

00:16:09.340 I'm really good.

00:16:10.380 How are you doing?

00:16:11.280 I'm doing pretty well.

00:16:12.300 You look lovely today.

00:16:14.860 Thank you.

00:16:15.500 We're getting...

00:16:15.900 I'm getting ready to take the kids to a movie.

00:16:18.120 Oh, okay.

00:16:18.720 At a movie theater?

00:16:19.400 Yes, they're only playing older movies.

00:16:22.840 We're going to go see the original Back to the Future.

00:16:25.280 Ooh, that'd be nice for them, huh?

00:16:27.960 That's...

00:16:28.480 Yeah, one of my favorites.

00:16:30.140 Show them what it was like back in the day when a man had to wear a puffy vest and still

00:16:34.360 look like a decent man, you know?

00:16:38.100 Yes.

00:16:40.100 What's been going on?

00:16:41.120 So, you are...

00:16:42.460 You guys have been...

00:16:43.420 During this pandemic, how's it been?

00:16:44.880 Because you have three children, right?

00:16:47.480 I have three.

00:16:48.500 My son just left today.

00:16:50.600 He's moving to Wyoming to finish his senior year with his best friends, with his dad.

00:16:55.480 Oh, wow.

00:16:56.300 Was that kind of sad, or how did you feel about it?

00:16:59.540 I had a good cry.

00:17:01.540 But one down, two to go.

00:17:03.940 And is he a decent kid?

00:17:05.640 Is he pretty decent?

00:17:07.720 Oh, my kids are the best kids.

00:17:09.720 You have no idea.

00:17:10.440 I don't know how they wound up so good.

00:17:12.520 They're really, really good-hearted, amazing, respectful kids who make good decisions.

00:17:17.640 I don't know what happened to them.

00:17:19.260 It wasn't me.

00:17:20.440 Wow.

00:17:20.860 Are you sure they're kids?

00:17:21.920 Because that doesn't sound like kids at all.

00:17:24.500 They're not normal kids, I'm telling you.

00:17:28.480 So, what did you guys do during this?

00:17:30.640 Was it pretty rough out there for you guys during the quarantine and all of this kind of stuff?

00:17:34.960 How was it over there in Utah?

00:17:36.080 It was rough.

00:17:38.040 Work got really hard.

00:17:39.240 I lost my hours.

00:17:40.480 Unemployment wasn't paying for a minute.

00:17:42.680 I wound up joining OnlyFans.

00:17:44.860 I started my own OnlyFans.

00:17:47.740 And since then, everything's been better.

00:17:50.280 We don't have everything open yet, so we're still just stuck inside.

00:17:53.300 But time's gone hard for a minute.

00:17:55.440 But everything's looking up now.

00:17:57.200 And it's starting to open up a little bit.

00:17:59.820 Yeah, I mean, yeah.

00:18:02.820 So, wait.

00:18:05.080 So, yeah, obviously, things got tough for people.

00:18:08.500 So, you opened up an OnlyFans, like a provocateur, female provocateur kind of environment?

00:18:16.340 Exactly.

00:18:17.780 Exactly.

00:18:18.660 Wow.

00:18:19.580 Okay.

00:18:21.180 I wasn't sure at first if it was something that I wanted to do, but it's been really successful.

00:18:25.720 And I made it to the top 8%.

00:18:27.660 Oh, wow.

00:18:29.940 So, yeah.

00:18:30.400 So, this is just, you needed some, look, you got to be able to survive.

00:18:34.060 You have three children.

00:18:36.820 Yeah, I support that.

00:18:39.200 I probably won't look at it.

00:18:41.960 That's okay.

00:18:42.920 Okay.

00:18:43.480 But don't ask me what's on it, because you're going to have to pay for it if you want to know.

00:18:48.560 Okay.

00:18:49.420 Yeah, look.

00:18:51.680 My imagination can probably, I mean, I have no idea.

00:18:55.640 I'm sure it's wonderful.

00:18:56.540 I think it's really cool that you are figuring out ways to make things happen during this, you know?

00:19:03.100 Yeah, yeah.

00:19:03.820 Really, really good.

00:19:05.000 And, yeah, I'm just, I'm kind of torn because I know, like, I try not to venture into the wild, you know, into the wilds of the web.

00:19:15.620 It's not for everybody, so that's okay.

00:19:17.740 I respect that.

00:19:19.060 And I respect that you have it, and I know that we can still support it and not, and I don't have to go there out of, you know, not out of.

00:19:28.840 Absolutely.

00:19:29.800 I wish, I wish everybody thought like that.

00:19:33.140 What, what is it?

00:19:34.780 Well, yeah, what is it?

00:19:36.100 Do you feel like sharing that?

00:19:37.240 Is that okay?

00:19:38.540 Yeah, no, absolutely.

00:19:39.680 I just, I share nude photos, explicit photos, and sometimes video clips.

00:19:44.060 Oh, wow.

00:19:44.480 No, no, no.

00:19:44.820 What do you, is there a link or something where people are just, that's what I meant.

00:19:48.120 No, no, no.

00:19:48.580 I can guess what it is.

00:19:50.600 Is there a link?

00:19:51.960 Or not a, I don't want a link.

00:19:53.340 I'm just saying if people, look, here's what I'm saying.

00:19:56.180 I support the fact that mom's got to do what mom's got to do, and look, it's a tough time.

00:20:02.720 I love it.

00:20:03.380 I'm glad that you are finding ways to provide, and if we have listeners that even, I'm not going to tell those young fellas to get out there and watch it, but if they want to support it, where can they support it?

00:20:18.160 They can go to OnlyFans.

00:20:19.660 And you can search me on Instagram, on OnlyFans, and on TikTok under HavanaGypsy, all the same name, and any of those three, and you can find my OnlyFans through those other social media.

00:20:33.540 HavanaGypsy, huh?

00:20:35.980 Gypsy.

00:20:36.820 Mom's out here, OnlyFans, and so, and was that something that do your, do the kids know about that?

00:20:45.280 My kids know about it.

00:20:46.940 My, they haven't seen it, but they do, well, yeah, they all know about it.

00:20:51.040 Even my youngest now knows.

00:20:52.400 Wow.

00:20:52.780 My daughter's, and she's behind the camera.

00:20:54.940 My middle's here with me, and yes, she knows about it.

00:20:57.400 Oh, well, look, that's wild.

00:21:00.660 I mean, look, I love it.

00:21:02.760 You know, people put their artwork out there.

00:21:05.680 You know, beauty is a form of art, and the female body is a form of art, and I love it.

00:21:11.600 Absolutely.

00:21:12.620 So, what about, is it, is there more pressure now that the sun is gone?

00:21:16.400 Like, who's going to step up and be kind of like the, the next in command there at the house?

00:21:22.800 My daughter's like, she knows that it's her.

00:21:26.260 She's my second hand anyway, before him even.

00:21:29.780 I always called her to help me with everything.

00:21:32.220 So, she's here with me.

00:21:34.260 Oh.

00:21:34.880 And my youngest is here.

00:21:36.100 You know, they're all just really good help.

00:21:38.100 They'll help me.

00:21:38.920 They'll hug me when I need it.

00:21:40.120 They're good kids.

00:21:41.360 Man.

00:21:43.200 God, I love that.

00:21:44.340 I wish they would have raised me, I feel like.

00:21:49.420 There's still time.

00:21:50.540 There's still time.

00:21:52.380 And I still need to be raised as well, I think.

00:21:54.800 So, what, did your family, you feel like, get closer over this pandemic?

00:22:01.060 Do you feel like it was kind of a tough, did you feel like it didn't help?

00:22:03.820 What were some things that kind of happened as a family unit?

00:22:07.560 Me and my kids, or me and my siblings.

00:22:09.760 Yeah, maybe you and your kids.

00:22:11.100 The kids and I, we've been, I mean, same.

00:22:14.640 I've been home more because part of my nightlife, my going out, you know, having friends and having things to do.

00:22:22.700 And so, that's all closed down.

00:22:24.220 So, I've been at home, you know, more.

00:22:27.200 But we really, we just do the same thing we've always done.

00:22:29.920 You know, we just hang out at home.

00:22:31.400 We'll put on movies and kind of just hang out.

00:22:34.920 That's what we do.

00:22:35.900 But we have been going roller skating.

00:22:37.540 They opened the roller skating rink back up.

00:22:39.540 So, we've been doing that, too.

00:22:40.620 I love that.

00:22:42.040 God, I love that.

00:22:43.880 And does your daughter kind of meet men at the roller skating rink?

00:22:46.880 Or does she do dating?

00:22:48.080 Or what's her, does she do?

00:22:50.400 She just had a boy.

00:22:53.240 How old is he?

00:22:54.560 How old is he?

00:22:56.040 18?

00:22:57.200 18-year-old picked her up the other day, and they went to see a movie.

00:23:00.400 Oh, my God.

00:23:00.800 Don't tell me he was a comedian.

00:23:01.940 Was he a comedian?

00:23:02.680 I think I know him.

00:23:03.500 That was her first kind of date.

00:23:10.240 And that was fun.

00:23:11.660 But no, she, have you met anybody at the skating rink?

00:23:13.160 Oh, that's awesome.

00:23:14.880 She's had a few friends at the skating rink, but no boys.

00:23:17.560 And were you nervous about her going on this date?

00:23:19.460 How did that, was that kind of a fun thing?

00:23:21.280 What was that like?

00:23:22.780 No, I wasn't nervous.

00:23:24.300 She had fun.

00:23:25.500 They just hung out.

00:23:26.500 She actually knew him from school.

00:23:27.820 He graduated last year.

00:23:29.820 So, she knew him from school.

00:23:31.040 So, I wasn't nervous.

00:23:32.080 As long as she knows him and feels comfortable enough to go with him, she's got her phone.

00:23:36.380 She can call me if she needs anything, and she knows that.

00:23:39.140 So, I wasn't nervous.

00:23:40.360 She had a good time.

00:23:41.460 Dang, that's cool.

00:23:42.880 You guys are like this future family, I feel like, in a strange way.

00:23:48.820 You guys have a lot going on.

00:23:50.240 It just seems, I don't know.

00:23:52.680 Maybe I'm just living a boring life.

00:23:54.860 Probably.

00:23:55.260 Well, hopefully, whenever, yeah, when comedy opens back up, we'll have to come in and check

00:24:01.180 in and get to bring you out to another show.

00:24:03.960 I hope you do.

00:24:04.840 I would love it.

00:24:05.920 Yeah, we certainly will.

00:24:07.360 And, yeah, we're going to send something over to you.

00:24:08.880 We want to do something nice.

00:24:09.660 You can do something fun with the kids, or the one less kids now.

00:24:13.760 But, well, look, it's nice to see you, and I hope you guys have a wonderful time at the

00:24:19.420 movie.

00:24:19.660 It's so good to see you, hear from you.

00:24:23.540 You're an awesome guy.

00:24:24.600 I had a lot of fun on our singles night out.

00:24:27.200 Yeah, we'll have to do it again.

00:24:28.820 I can't get to see you live again.

00:24:30.860 Any love interest over there, or any love during the pandemic for mom, or what's that like?

00:24:35.640 Listen, I don't know.

00:24:37.700 I don't know.

00:24:40.120 Okay, we'll leave it at that.

00:24:41.820 To be continued.

00:24:44.000 There might be something just barely starting.

00:24:46.040 We'll see.

00:24:46.940 Okay, well, I'm going to keep my fingers crossed for that.

00:24:50.560 Awesome.

00:24:51.080 Well, thank you so much, Breezy, for just checking in and chatting with us.

00:24:55.760 And I hope you guys have a wonderful, whatever it is, a month, a day, a year, everything.

00:25:03.080 Thank you.

00:25:03.820 It's good to hear from you.

00:25:04.900 All right, you too.

00:25:05.420 I'll talk to you soon.

00:25:07.040 All right.

00:25:07.560 Bye, Phil.

00:25:08.220 Okay, bye.

00:25:08.980 Bye.

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00:28:59.740 What.

00:29:00.260 You know what I'm saying.

00:29:01.100 These ladies out there.

00:29:02.920 Mom's got to survive.

00:29:04.760 She's got three little ones.

00:29:06.460 I'm a support.

00:29:07.960 Look.

00:29:08.620 We put our support behind single moms.

00:29:11.360 And so you can support Breezy.

00:29:14.120 You know.

00:29:14.580 And that's.

00:29:17.060 You know.

00:29:17.440 It's different times.

00:29:20.260 You know.

00:29:20.580 Mama got to earn the bread.

00:29:23.540 That's it.

00:29:25.020 That is it.

00:29:25.960 Look.

00:29:26.900 At least she's out there making money too.

00:29:29.760 I remember.

00:29:30.340 Dude.

00:29:30.620 I remember some.

00:29:31.520 A mechanic.

00:29:32.980 Feeling my mom up for free.

00:29:34.540 So.

00:29:38.080 This ain't that baby.

00:29:39.280 Those days are over.

00:29:43.800 So maybe Nick.

00:29:44.760 I would have Nick get us a membership.

00:29:46.360 But dang.

00:29:47.880 Me or him doesn't need any of that in our lives.

00:29:50.000 Really.

00:29:50.220 We got.

00:29:50.440 And I'm not saying I don't.

00:29:53.280 I just.

00:29:54.420 I got.

00:29:55.400 Dude.

00:29:55.700 I open my eyes and I see down.

00:29:58.220 You know.

00:29:59.040 30, 50 vaginas and titties and booties.

00:30:02.000 BH's man.

00:30:03.920 Buttholes.

00:30:04.440 You know what.

00:30:04.800 So I got enough of that in my head.

00:30:06.240 In my dang jug.

00:30:07.340 Floating around.

00:30:09.300 So I'm trying to log off of my own thoughts half the time.

00:30:14.460 But.

00:30:14.860 But yeah.

00:30:18.000 I am envious of that relationship.

00:30:19.480 Just having that.

00:30:21.500 An open relationship with your kids.

00:30:28.420 You know.

00:30:28.980 I think I am envious of that.

00:30:30.300 I think there's some things that.

00:30:33.740 Well.

00:30:34.140 I don't know.

00:30:34.500 Maybe there's some things you want kids to know.

00:30:35.860 Some things you don't.

00:30:36.600 But.

00:30:38.280 Man.

00:30:38.800 I.

00:30:39.780 I remember.

00:30:41.000 I kept everything a secret when I was a kid.

00:30:44.860 Everything.

00:30:47.220 Everything was a secret.

00:30:48.520 I would get.

00:30:49.320 You know.

00:30:49.620 I remember.

00:30:50.000 I'd get me a little bit of money.

00:30:52.340 Doing.

00:30:55.320 Doing odd jobs or something.

00:30:58.200 Real odd.

00:30:59.760 You know.

00:31:00.300 We had this old lady by us.

00:31:01.540 We used to steal our cats.

00:31:03.540 And then we would keep them long enough.

00:31:05.480 Till she.

00:31:06.140 You know.

00:31:07.860 We'd help her write up a wanted poster.

00:31:10.940 You know.

00:31:11.320 Wanted.

00:31:11.700 Little caramel.

00:31:13.880 You know.

00:31:14.440 Wanted.

00:31:14.960 Little quagmire.

00:31:16.120 You know.

00:31:17.100 Two dollars on there.

00:31:20.100 And then we put the poster up outside.

00:31:23.540 Two days later.

00:31:24.600 Bring that little.

00:31:26.620 Bastard back.

00:31:27.460 And get the money.

00:31:30.860 And I don't know if she knew we were doing it or not.

00:31:33.120 She had to have now.

00:31:33.880 I mean.

00:31:34.620 I don't know.

00:31:35.500 She might have had Alzheimer's.

00:31:36.920 I mean.

00:31:37.380 She might have had.

00:31:39.760 This is back.

00:31:40.420 They didn't have Alzheimer's then.

00:31:41.520 They said.

00:31:41.800 Oh that.

00:31:42.480 You know.

00:31:43.780 Oh that bitch is nuts.

00:31:45.140 That's what they would say.

00:31:47.380 And I didn't say that.

00:31:48.460 I wouldn't say something like that.

00:31:50.580 But they.

00:31:51.220 You know.

00:31:51.580 Somebody drive by.

00:31:52.800 Oh that bitch is nuts.

00:31:55.040 And I wouldn't say it man.

00:31:56.420 Because I don't say.

00:31:56.980 You know.

00:31:57.140 I wouldn't say that kind of stuff.

00:31:58.300 I was a child.

00:32:00.440 And plus.

00:32:01.080 I was.

00:32:01.440 You know.

00:32:03.220 You know.

00:32:03.600 I was extraditing cats.

00:32:04.840 Or whatever it's called.

00:32:06.980 You know.

00:32:07.640 Laundering cat money.

00:32:08.580 You know.

00:32:10.360 Living that wildlife.

00:32:12.660 So.

00:32:14.920 Who am I to judge.

00:32:16.280 A single mother out there.

00:32:17.840 Laundering cat money.

00:32:19.180 You feel me gang.

00:32:21.160 Gang.

00:32:21.760 Baby.

00:32:23.840 Oh.

00:32:27.180 Let's get into another call.

00:32:28.400 We got another single mom on the line.

00:32:29.880 And I remember.

00:32:32.520 We went.

00:32:33.320 Well.

00:32:33.620 I'll just get on with her.

00:32:35.380 What's going on with you?

00:32:36.640 We had such a good time.

00:32:37.700 With you and your sister.

00:32:38.720 We went on the go karts.

00:32:39.640 That was such a blast.

00:32:40.560 I thought.

00:32:42.500 I know.

00:32:43.700 We and her.

00:32:44.340 We were just talking about it too.

00:32:47.020 And.

00:32:47.300 We did.

00:32:47.620 We had such a good.

00:32:48.420 We're just.

00:32:49.960 Getting ready for school.

00:32:51.560 All this craziness.

00:32:52.380 I don't even know what's going on anymore.

00:32:54.420 I know.

00:32:55.300 I just had this feeling yesterday.

00:32:56.800 Like.

00:32:57.220 What is going on anymore?

00:32:58.540 People are wearing.

00:33:00.000 Some of these masks aren't even.

00:33:01.980 Like.

00:33:02.920 Like.

00:33:03.400 What is going on?

00:33:06.840 I know.

00:33:07.840 It's.

00:33:08.460 I feel like.

00:33:09.300 Well.

00:33:09.520 And it is what happened.

00:33:10.400 My kids went on spring break.

00:33:11.880 And.

00:33:13.140 Haven't been back to school since.

00:33:14.560 So it's been like one really long.

00:33:17.380 Drawn out.

00:33:18.900 Spring break.

00:33:19.940 And have they.

00:33:20.980 Do you feel like they want to go back to school?

00:33:22.940 Or are they.

00:33:23.460 Do they feel like school doesn't even exist anymore?

00:33:25.340 What's it kind of like from their perspective?

00:33:28.540 It's been.

00:33:29.580 It was really hard at the beginning because.

00:33:32.740 They didn't understand.

00:33:34.260 Like.

00:33:35.320 Explaining to them.

00:33:36.960 That.

00:33:38.440 I think at first they were like excited.

00:33:40.140 They didn't have to go.

00:33:41.320 They were okay with it.

00:33:42.220 Then they realized that.

00:33:44.380 It's not a vacation.

00:33:45.600 Like.

00:33:45.860 You have to do school.

00:33:48.060 And.

00:33:48.800 We can't go anywhere.

00:33:50.300 You can't see your friends.

00:33:51.440 And.

00:33:52.820 Probably in the first month.

00:33:54.840 Everyone.

00:33:55.620 Just.

00:33:56.300 Went.

00:33:56.760 It's stir crazy.

00:33:57.680 Like.

00:33:58.260 And it got depressing.

00:33:59.240 We couldn't go to.

00:34:00.280 I couldn't take them to the store.

00:34:01.660 And I had to keep explaining to them that.

00:34:04.400 We really can't go anywhere.

00:34:06.220 You.

00:34:06.400 You can't go anywhere.

00:34:07.640 I can't go anywhere.

00:34:09.060 Yeah.

00:34:09.440 This is.

00:34:10.040 We're stuck.

00:34:10.940 Together.

00:34:11.560 And this is how it's going to be for a while.

00:34:13.820 So.

00:34:14.700 It's been like waves of like.

00:34:16.400 Oh.

00:34:16.560 You're excited.

00:34:17.260 And then it gets depressing.

00:34:18.600 And.

00:34:19.440 Yeah.

00:34:19.640 Now it's like.

00:34:21.400 I still don't know what to tell them.

00:34:22.900 Because school.

00:34:24.760 Is going to be.

00:34:26.620 Two days.

00:34:29.840 In person.

00:34:31.200 And three.

00:34:32.600 Online.

00:34:33.720 So.

00:34:34.260 It's like.

00:34:35.080 It's not even going to go back to the way it was.

00:34:38.180 Wow.

00:34:38.460 It seems so bizarre.

00:34:40.120 I feel like I can't plan for anything.

00:34:41.700 Oh.

00:34:41.880 And then they moved school back.

00:34:43.200 To.

00:34:44.280 It was supposed to start.

00:34:45.300 This coming up week.

00:34:46.380 And then they moved it back.

00:34:47.520 To September 8th.

00:34:49.160 So.

00:34:49.640 I've been getting to a point where.

00:34:51.620 I forget it's happening.

00:34:53.120 And I get in a panic.

00:34:54.100 Like.

00:34:55.000 Is school.

00:34:55.680 Is school starting tomorrow?

00:34:57.060 Like.

00:34:57.520 Did I miss something?

00:34:58.860 So yeah.

00:34:59.420 It has been.

00:35:00.840 Really.

00:35:02.220 Confusing.

00:35:02.940 Every day.

00:35:03.520 I'm like.

00:35:03.820 Holy shit.

00:35:04.300 Is tomorrow Christmas?

00:35:05.400 Like.

00:35:05.620 Is it today my mom's birthday?

00:35:07.540 Like.

00:35:07.820 I never.

00:35:08.300 I don't know what any.

00:35:09.180 Yeah.

00:35:09.440 Every day.

00:35:09.900 It's just everything.

00:35:10.760 It's like.

00:35:11.040 Oh shit.

00:35:11.480 I got to do this.

00:35:12.180 I don't know what's going on.

00:35:13.800 Yeah.

00:35:14.280 Do I need a flu shot?

00:35:15.300 Am I supposed to go to the emergency room?

00:35:16.920 Like.

00:35:17.240 What do I do today?

00:35:19.700 I almost forgot what grade they're in.

00:35:21.680 Like.

00:35:22.440 Who cares?

00:35:23.620 Give them all.

00:35:24.160 Give them all diplomas.

00:35:25.800 And let them work at Home Depot.

00:35:28.460 Yes.

00:35:29.080 I mean.

00:35:29.360 The last time they went into school.

00:35:30.820 They had no idea.

00:35:31.560 This was going to be the last day.

00:35:33.520 Of elementary school.

00:35:34.640 It was their last day of middle school.

00:35:36.200 Right.

00:35:36.660 And nobody knew.

00:35:37.420 We just thought.

00:35:37.940 Oh we're going on spring break.

00:35:39.080 And then all of a sudden.

00:35:39.840 Yeah.

00:35:40.260 You're not coming back.

00:35:41.440 So.

00:35:41.660 Do you feel like there could be.

00:35:42.840 Like.

00:35:43.280 Like.

00:35:43.440 Like.

00:35:43.480 Like.

00:35:43.500 Like.

00:35:43.520 Like.

00:35:43.800 Like.

00:35:43.880 Like.

00:35:44.040 Like.

00:35:44.880 Like.

00:35:44.940 Do you feel like that they're pretty resilient?

00:35:46.500 Like.

00:35:46.720 I would.

00:35:47.160 It almost feels like you don't even get to tell your friends bye and stuff.

00:35:50.220 I guess you're going to see them again.

00:35:51.360 But it seems bizarre.

00:35:53.420 I feel like my mental health has been impacted quite a bit.

00:35:57.660 And.

00:35:58.440 Yeah.

00:35:58.740 I felt.

00:35:59.520 It started to make me really sad because.

00:36:02.240 I could see the shift in their behavior.

00:36:04.980 Like.

00:36:05.420 I could see.

00:36:05.980 Especially my older kids.

00:36:07.180 Because I have a 16 year old daughter.

00:36:08.680 And my son is about to be 15.

00:36:10.980 Those two.

00:36:11.560 I think it's been the hardest for those two.

00:36:13.300 Wow.

00:36:13.800 Well.

00:36:14.140 And.

00:36:14.520 My youngest boy has autism.

00:36:16.600 Mm-hmm.

00:36:16.960 And.

00:36:18.200 This dude likes things to be the same.

00:36:20.620 He likes to know what to expect.

00:36:22.780 And when.

00:36:23.640 He likes structure.

00:36:24.820 Mm-hmm.

00:36:25.360 And all of a sudden there's none.

00:36:27.300 Mm-hmm.

00:36:27.780 So.

00:36:28.520 Getting back into a regular pattern.

00:36:30.440 They've done.

00:36:31.220 They did a really great job at home though.

00:36:33.200 Yeah.

00:36:33.300 I mean.

00:36:33.440 For having five of them.

00:36:35.580 They did.

00:36:36.440 I was impressed by how good they did.

00:36:38.220 But they were.

00:36:38.860 I could.

00:36:40.080 They were starting to get sad.

00:36:41.780 And then that makes me sad.

00:36:42.880 Because it's like.

00:36:43.760 And I can't do anything.

00:36:44.920 Mm-hmm.

00:36:45.340 You cannot fix it.

00:36:47.060 I'm like.

00:36:47.340 Oh.

00:36:47.460 We could go on a walk.

00:36:48.400 How many times can you walk around the neighborhood?

00:36:50.140 Yeah.

00:36:50.380 Without being a peeping Tom.

00:36:52.340 Yeah.

00:36:53.420 Thank you.

00:36:53.960 That's my question.

00:36:55.140 You know.

00:36:55.240 Go look at anybody.

00:36:56.820 Yes.

00:36:57.340 Yeah.

00:36:57.580 And you don't want to be a family of peeping Toms.

00:36:59.620 That's the most.

00:37:01.180 Embarrassing thing you can be.

00:37:03.260 Like check out the weirdos are coming around again.

00:37:08.420 The crazy lady with all those kids.

00:37:10.160 Yeah.

00:37:11.360 They're all flashers now.

00:37:13.420 Do.

00:37:14.600 Has it gotten.

00:37:16.340 Do you feel like.

00:37:17.280 Where do you feel like y'all's morale is right now?

00:37:19.360 Like.

00:37:20.420 Are they excited at least to be going back for the two days?

00:37:23.760 The kids like A through H.

00:37:25.660 Mm-hmm.

00:37:26.040 Are going.

00:37:26.600 On one block of time.

00:37:30.400 And then the other kids are going.

00:37:32.740 So alternate shifts.

00:37:34.240 So the.

00:37:34.720 My kids will go Tuesday and Friday.

00:37:36.980 God.

00:37:38.060 Yeah.

00:37:38.700 Everybody does homeschool on Wednesday.

00:37:41.080 Then the other.

00:37:41.920 So if their friends have different last.

00:37:43.400 You know.

00:37:43.600 The last name doesn't fall.

00:37:44.740 They don't get to go to school with their friends.

00:37:46.300 Jesus.

00:37:46.580 And then for me.

00:37:47.400 My anxiety has been off the charts.

00:37:50.380 Like.

00:37:50.900 So.

00:37:51.380 Yeah.

00:37:51.620 It's been.

00:37:52.380 The more.

00:37:52.880 I don't even know.

00:37:54.200 I don't even know what to call it anymore.

00:37:55.920 Like I don't know how to feel.

00:37:57.560 I don't know what to do.

00:37:58.660 Or what to think.

00:37:59.540 It is.

00:38:00.140 The most bizarre.

00:38:01.720 Long.

00:38:02.360 Drawn out thing I've ever.

00:38:03.760 It's.

00:38:04.200 Yeah.

00:38:04.460 And I don't know what to.

00:38:05.200 I.

00:38:05.520 I tell the kids all the time.

00:38:06.620 Like.

00:38:07.720 My mom didn't do this.

00:38:09.360 My mom's mom didn't do this.

00:38:11.180 We're figuring this out together.

00:38:12.520 Don't be mad at me.

00:38:13.720 Because I am.

00:38:15.420 It's new.

00:38:16.000 I'm trying.

00:38:16.760 I don't know what else to do.

00:38:18.720 So.

00:38:19.240 Yeah.

00:38:19.640 It has been.

00:38:21.340 It's been really.

00:38:23.300 Overwhelming.

00:38:23.860 And I think I was okay until.

00:38:25.920 Because I kept telling myself.

00:38:27.560 Mm-hmm.

00:38:27.960 That school's going to start.

00:38:29.640 And things are going to go back to normal.

00:38:31.600 And then as soon as they started making the announcements about school.

00:38:35.200 I realized that.

00:38:37.140 This shit is never going away.

00:38:38.900 Yeah.

00:38:39.080 And it's.

00:38:40.720 It might be worse.

00:38:41.860 Because expecting them to be like this at school.

00:38:45.760 Like.

00:38:47.220 I just feel bad for all of them.

00:38:49.200 It's just such a.

00:38:49.980 It's a weird space to be in.

00:38:52.080 It is.

00:38:52.680 For them.

00:38:53.120 For me.

00:38:53.560 Yeah.

00:38:53.820 I don't know what to do.

00:38:54.860 And I don't.

00:38:55.420 The right thing to do is like.

00:38:57.060 I don't want anyone to be sick.

00:38:59.140 I don't want my kids to get sick.

00:39:00.540 But at the same time.

00:39:01.860 You have to live.

00:39:02.960 Yeah.

00:39:03.460 This is not.

00:39:04.720 I agree.

00:39:05.620 At a certain.

00:39:06.020 Sometimes it doesn't feel like living.

00:39:07.620 It's like.

00:39:08.440 And hopefully we'll get to some better medium.

00:39:10.420 You're surviving.

00:39:11.260 Yeah.

00:39:11.740 Yeah.

00:39:12.000 We're.

00:39:12.300 Yeah.

00:39:12.640 We're surviving.

00:39:13.840 I agree.

00:39:14.780 Yeah.

00:39:15.340 I agree.

00:39:16.100 Sometimes I'm like.

00:39:16.860 Man.

00:39:17.020 I'd rather just take my chance.

00:39:18.440 And just live.

00:39:20.040 Yeah.

00:39:20.940 But.

00:39:21.560 And we'll deal with it.

00:39:22.360 When it.

00:39:22.600 If it happens.

00:39:24.520 I.

00:39:25.040 I'll be careful.

00:39:26.240 When it happens.

00:39:27.140 You just deal with it.

00:39:27.880 I think too.

00:39:28.960 My kids had a lot of health problems.

00:39:30.800 When they were younger.

00:39:31.800 So I've been through a lot of.

00:39:33.340 Nasty stuff anyway.

00:39:35.020 So.

00:39:36.100 I feel like I can handle.

00:39:39.560 Quite a bit.

00:39:40.560 And we'll just.

00:39:41.260 It's.

00:39:41.660 I've lived.

00:39:42.140 One day at a time.

00:39:43.120 For so long.

00:39:44.060 Mm-hmm.

00:39:44.660 That.

00:39:45.240 I can do it.

00:39:45.900 Like.

00:39:46.240 We'll just.

00:39:46.860 See what happens.

00:39:48.180 And we're going to be okay.

00:39:50.480 But not.

00:39:51.280 It's the unknown.

00:39:52.320 If you.

00:39:52.820 You can serve me.

00:39:54.140 Anything.

00:39:54.760 Like any.

00:39:55.540 Big.

00:39:57.200 Load of shit.

00:39:58.220 But if I know what I'm dealing with.

00:39:59.660 Right.

00:40:00.420 I can get through it.

00:40:01.500 Yeah.

00:40:01.840 Not knowing what I'm dealing with.

00:40:03.620 It's.

00:40:04.160 I don't like it.

00:40:05.580 Yeah.

00:40:05.800 There's something about.

00:40:06.560 It's uncomfortable.

00:40:07.740 They don't let you.

00:40:08.420 Yeah.

00:40:08.640 They just.

00:40:09.320 They just keep serving you shit.

00:40:11.200 But they're not really letting you.

00:40:12.680 You know.

00:40:12.960 Bring your diapers every day.

00:40:14.200 Yes.

00:40:14.300 It's.

00:40:15.280 They used to let us bring our diapers every day.

00:40:17.300 And they're just not doing.

00:40:18.040 They're.

00:40:18.300 They're not.

00:40:19.460 Yeah.

00:40:20.480 And it's.

00:40:21.000 Give me some tools to navigate this shit.

00:40:22.780 And I'll do it.

00:40:23.500 Yeah.

00:40:23.820 But don't.

00:40:24.360 Don't let.

00:40:24.880 Yeah.

00:40:25.020 As a mother.

00:40:25.640 Don't have me wake up every day.

00:40:27.500 And not.

00:40:28.720 Yeah.

00:40:29.080 That's a lot of pressure.

00:40:29.900 I didn't really realize how much that is on a mom.

00:40:31.740 Especially when you.

00:40:32.640 When you start to think about the.

00:40:34.060 How it's affecting your kids.

00:40:35.780 And.

00:40:36.140 And the.

00:40:36.640 The life you want them to have.

00:40:38.200 Just as.

00:40:38.900 Just as humans.

00:40:39.820 As.

00:40:40.180 As human beings.

00:40:42.560 It's hard enough with kids now.

00:40:44.100 I think.

00:40:44.560 Like.

00:40:44.820 Social media.

00:40:50.580 Their friends.

00:40:52.040 The ages that they're at.

00:40:53.180 Because all of my kids are like.

00:40:55.420 It's like a puberty sandwich.

00:40:57.200 Oh.

00:40:57.480 Damn.

00:40:57.800 They're either coming through it.

00:40:59.000 Coming out of it.

00:40:59.720 Or going into it.

00:41:00.880 Praise God.

00:41:01.740 Man.

00:41:02.160 That shit is wild too.

00:41:03.500 It is a feelings factory.

00:41:04.680 Oh.

00:41:05.000 So.

00:41:06.500 Yeah.

00:41:07.980 Seriously.

00:41:08.700 So we're.

00:41:09.320 We're going through that now.

00:41:10.600 Like all.

00:41:11.020 One of them will go to bed.

00:41:11.900 A sweet angel.

00:41:12.820 And they'll wake up.

00:41:13.400 And I don't know who this jerk is.

00:41:15.120 Yep.

00:41:15.880 That's puberty right there.

00:41:17.080 That's puberty.

00:41:17.420 And then you throw this on top of it.

00:41:18.360 And it's like.

00:41:18.800 Wow.

00:41:19.580 That's 100% puberty right there son.

00:41:21.160 Now they have a reason to be depressed.

00:41:22.880 Yeah.

00:41:23.160 Your son wake up with a damn mustache.

00:41:25.380 And suddenly.

00:41:26.000 You know.

00:41:27.200 He says he works at a coal mine.

00:41:28.900 You're like.

00:41:29.080 You don't.

00:41:29.420 My son.

00:41:30.420 Yeah.

00:41:31.240 Who is this man.

00:41:32.560 In my house.

00:41:34.320 Yeah.

00:41:34.880 His voice.

00:41:35.780 And he'll be.

00:41:36.540 He'd be so embarrassed.

00:41:37.420 But when his voice started to change.

00:41:39.000 I would seriously be like.

00:41:40.580 Who is.

00:41:41.520 The man in the hallway.

00:41:43.380 Who is.

00:41:43.680 Because I didn't recognize it for so long.

00:41:45.860 That's it.

00:41:46.720 And he'll like grow an inch.

00:41:48.240 Every other day.

00:41:49.560 Every time he comes out of his room.

00:41:50.940 I'm like.

00:41:51.320 This is a new.

00:41:52.660 Nice to meet you.

00:41:53.640 I know.

00:41:53.980 Yeah.

00:41:54.120 That's crazy.

00:41:54.780 Puberty man.

00:41:57.440 It's that freaking game.

00:41:58.600 It's a.

00:41:58.900 Yeah.

00:41:59.220 That's a dirty game show man.

00:42:00.740 It's wild.

00:42:02.120 When you get into puberty.

00:42:03.420 That shit's wild.

00:42:04.660 Well look.

00:42:05.060 Well and I feel like I'm losing every day.

00:42:07.260 It's just.

00:42:07.940 Well you're not.

00:42:09.200 I think you.

00:42:10.500 Here's one thing that I definitely remember.

00:42:12.380 Well thank you.

00:42:12.560 Is that you have a really good sense of humor.

00:42:14.340 And I'm sure that that goes over.

00:42:16.840 So much more than somebody that doesn't.

00:42:19.320 Well we want to send you like a just a little gift to something nice you can go do whenever

00:42:22.960 you do have all the kids.

00:42:25.140 You know whenever anybody's not going through anything real crazy.

00:42:28.980 I can go do something fun and.

00:42:31.540 Yeah.

00:42:31.980 Just good to check in and just see your face and just.

00:42:34.740 I know.

00:42:35.580 I was so excited.

00:42:36.980 This it like made my whole.

00:42:38.460 It makes this whole.

00:42:40.500 Thing so much better.

00:42:42.780 Well.

00:42:43.060 It's like.

00:42:43.440 Thank you.

00:42:43.900 It breaks it up some.

00:42:46.380 Yeah.

00:42:46.800 But whenever I come you guys got to take me.

00:42:48.420 We'll all go out and do something again.

00:42:49.960 That was a lot of fun.

00:42:51.120 Oh my gosh.

00:42:52.140 I would.

00:42:52.740 That would be so amazing.

00:42:54.000 Me and Maggie talk about it.

00:42:55.720 Often.

00:42:56.340 And yeah.

00:42:56.860 She's.

00:42:57.880 She'd have to come too.

00:42:59.060 Oh let's get.

00:42:59.740 That's what I'm saying.

00:43:00.620 Let's get some real car.

00:43:01.760 You know what I'm saying.

00:43:02.300 Let's rent a couple Honda Accords and get some real wheels going.

00:43:06.320 It's grown up time.

00:43:07.820 Yeah.

00:43:08.280 That's what I'm saying bro.

00:43:10.800 Let's freaking roll up a joint and get some real wheels going.

00:43:14.540 I'm totally there.

00:43:15.740 That's what I'm talking about.

00:43:16.960 It's later kids.

00:43:18.080 Yeah.

00:43:18.700 Yeah.

00:43:18.980 See you later kids.

00:43:19.920 You're going to have to stay in the trunk.

00:43:22.960 Well look Francesca.

00:43:24.020 Good to talk to you.

00:43:24.980 And you look lovely.

00:43:26.320 And please tell your sister that we said hey as well.

00:43:29.220 And thanks for just jumping on and chatting with us.

00:43:32.160 And just being a part of our day.

00:43:33.660 It really is nice.

00:43:35.760 No.

00:43:36.060 I appreciate it.

00:43:36.660 I've been thinking about you guys too.

00:43:38.640 And thank you for thinking of me.

00:43:40.220 It really made my weekend.

00:43:43.320 Oh you're welcome.

00:43:44.180 Us too.

00:43:44.760 Hearing you say that really made my day.

00:43:46.620 So thank you so much.

00:43:48.060 Y'all take care.

00:43:48.720 And we'll let you know whenever we're coming back near Kansas City.

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00:45:20.080 And now back to the episode.

00:45:21.720 Man, I love the resiliency of these women.

00:45:28.680 You know, Francesca's sitting there saying she got two twins and two kids and their teens.

00:45:32.880 And just, you know, to show up every day, every day, every day.

00:45:38.220 In an environment where you don't, they don't even tell you if you have any tools in your box every day.

00:45:50.400 And to show up, man, that is, just for anybody.

00:45:55.060 It doesn't matter if it's a mother or what's going on.

00:45:56.900 It just, man, I'm lucky to be talking with these women today.

00:46:02.160 Anyway, I'm lucky to be reminded of what it takes.

00:46:09.600 I really am.

00:46:11.960 Oh, awesome.

00:46:12.900 We have Nikki.

00:46:15.120 And Nikki and I met in San Jose.

00:46:18.940 And she brought her lovely friend out.

00:46:20.900 And we went out to get some ice cream, frozen yogurts.

00:46:24.560 And she's the owner of Trim Scene in Arcata, California.

00:46:30.800 Hey, Nikki.

00:46:32.160 Hey.

00:46:33.100 Hey, what's up?

00:46:33.860 How are you?

00:46:34.920 Good.

00:46:35.320 How are you?

00:46:36.100 I'm doing good.

00:46:36.960 You look so pretty.

00:46:38.480 Oh, thanks.

00:46:39.180 Yay.

00:46:39.420 It's good to see you.

00:46:40.360 It's always a treat when I get a message from you or Nick.

00:46:44.600 Oh, that's sweet of you to say that.

00:46:46.080 Thank you.

00:46:47.580 Yeah, it's nice to see you as well.

00:46:49.080 What's going on up there?

00:46:51.760 Well, I'm not in Humboldt right now.

00:46:53.660 I'm in Ohio.

00:46:55.240 Oh, okay.

00:46:56.020 What happened?

00:46:56.880 Tell me.

00:46:59.140 So, nothing really happened.

00:47:01.160 I just kind of always had a plan once my oldest graduated high school, which happened in June.

00:47:07.960 So, yay.

00:47:08.520 I got one down.

00:47:10.100 Yeah.

00:47:11.140 But I would come back.

00:47:12.400 You know, my family is all here.

00:47:15.840 And so, kind of do like a back and forth thing.

00:47:19.660 Yeah.

00:47:20.580 Almost like you were talking about with your Nashville.

00:47:23.880 But, yeah.

00:47:24.480 True.

00:47:24.900 Yeah.

00:47:25.140 It's scary.

00:47:26.880 It's, it's.

00:47:28.000 Yeah.

00:47:28.220 How's it been?

00:47:28.760 Has it been, did you have a lot of expectations?

00:47:31.940 Has it been harder than you thought?

00:47:33.520 Has it been, like, what ways has it been tough and what ways has it been good?

00:47:37.340 Um, well, it's been tough just saying, you know, just leaving my routine, my business.

00:47:44.900 Yeah.

00:47:45.160 Trim scene is, is you still trimming?

00:47:47.700 Yeah.

00:47:48.060 Yeah.

00:47:48.560 Oh, good.

00:47:48.920 So, I still have the business and then, you know, I'm going to go back every couple months.

00:47:52.480 So, it's nice to still have my foot in California because, you know, California, we love California.

00:47:58.800 I know.

00:47:59.140 Look, there's a, there's a, there's a lot of nice things.

00:48:01.320 So, yeah, it's nice to be able to do both.

00:48:03.680 Right.

00:48:03.960 Um, and, you know, it's hard just, um, just acclimating, just, uh, you know, I'm, uh, I'm not in my own home at the moment.

00:48:13.340 Although, like, I'm in contract, I might buy my first home.

00:48:16.380 Nice.

00:48:16.740 That's kind of a big, scary deal.

00:48:19.100 Yeah.

00:48:20.760 And, um, and, you know, just being around family, I already see it paying off in ways of, like, um, like my sons being around my dad, who, like, you know, they've not been raised around him.

00:48:31.540 I've been across the country and just getting, um, knowledge and learning things from him that I can't give them, you know, and just, uh, just a broader spectrum of exposure.

00:48:41.720 I think, I think it's going to be good, even though it's, can be scary.

00:48:47.060 Wow.

00:48:47.500 It's so brave.

00:48:48.280 Yeah.

00:48:48.400 No, it's funny.

00:48:48.960 You say that similar to kind of like doing with, with, uh, trying out Nashville.

00:48:53.340 Yeah.

00:48:53.660 It's like, yeah, it's, it's, it's scary, but all, all, all I can do is just kind of be hopeful with it.

00:49:01.720 And, and make the most out of it.

00:49:04.180 And also then I can be excited about it.

00:49:07.140 It's like, there's two ways I can do it.

00:49:09.520 Every, every day I'll wake up wherever I am.

00:49:11.540 I can either, you know, give in to kind of the tough parts of it, or I can be like, man, I'm excited about possibility.

00:49:20.800 Yeah.

00:49:21.000 I'm learning so much about reframing.

00:49:23.680 Like.

00:49:24.340 I love it.

00:49:25.260 It's, it's, it's, it works.

00:49:27.420 I think.

00:49:27.940 Yeah.

00:49:28.520 I like that.

00:49:29.700 Yeah.

00:49:29.920 I think it does work.

00:49:32.260 Yeah.

00:49:32.580 It's so true.

00:49:33.140 It's like, I think sometimes if I say if, oh, I have to do this.

00:49:36.620 And then if I can change it sometimes to say, I get to do this, no matter what it is, um, then it can really, really just help me have a different experience.

00:49:44.740 Um, right.

00:49:45.940 I think a lot of people, it's so funny.

00:49:47.800 I mean, a lot of my friends have been messaging me about moving and going back to, you know, some of their hometowns or places where their family lives.

00:49:55.180 I'm having a lot of friends who are doing that right now.

00:49:58.500 Um.

00:49:58.860 Well, I think with everything going on in the world, right.

00:50:01.760 It's like, it's comforting.

00:50:04.060 It's comforting to be supported.

00:50:06.380 Yeah.

00:50:07.460 Yeah.

00:50:07.780 That's a good way to say it.

00:50:08.780 It really is.

00:50:10.140 Um, yeah, there's something that's, it's almost like the rat race has kind of been exposed.

00:50:15.320 Like for like, what am I, you know, I don't mind being a rat, but what am I really racing for?

00:50:23.020 Right.

00:50:23.540 No, I totally get that.

00:50:24.760 And just, um, yeah, it's brought a lot of things of like, what is important?

00:50:28.880 What is really important?

00:50:29.920 What do I want my days to look like?

00:50:31.420 What do I, um, what, what do I want?

00:50:34.860 You know, like, um, what's up with any new love interests over there in the Ohio world or what's that been like?

00:50:41.200 Um, well, it's a hard to date in, uh, in COVID time.

00:50:45.320 It's great.

00:50:47.080 Dude, a friend of mine, he went on a date with a woman and she had, he, she made him, he had to pick her up and she sat in the backseat of his car with a mask on.

00:50:58.660 Okay.

00:50:59.460 Then that's not even the worst part.

00:51:01.320 They went to a restaurant and she sat at a different table than him.

00:51:08.580 Extra safe.

00:51:09.980 Extra safe.

00:51:10.980 I think I would feel comfortable like meeting outside at a park, you know, you know.

00:51:18.340 Yeah.

00:51:18.680 Look, I think it's slow.

00:51:19.960 Yeah.

00:51:20.380 Take it slow.

00:51:21.540 If the guy's not dead after the second date or you're not dead, I think after that you guys are safe.

00:51:26.360 Right.

00:51:26.600 If we survive two weeks, then.

00:51:29.960 Oh yeah.

00:51:30.620 Then we're good.

00:51:31.420 Yeah.

00:51:31.600 I like that.

00:51:32.680 Well, you look, I mean, you look absolutely stunning.

00:51:34.720 Who's doing your hair right now?

00:51:36.860 I'm doing, oh, actually, you know what?

00:51:38.760 I did get a haircut since I've been here because I used to work here.

00:51:43.140 I haven't lived here in 12 years, but I still have friends in the industry here.

00:51:48.040 So I went and saw my friend Brett, Brett at Hair Love in Columbus, Ohio.

00:51:53.180 Ooh, I like that.

00:51:54.320 I had the most relaxing weekend.

00:51:56.060 I went camping.

00:51:58.500 I mean, I just, I didn't have kids all weekend.

00:52:02.580 So I like drove through all these little towns.

00:52:05.020 I stopped where I wanted and like, oh, it was so nice to recharge and to like make yourself do those things.

00:52:11.920 Like it doesn't come easy to like take time out to just do whatever you feel like doing because, yeah, you're in the grind and, you know, and then it's a snowball and it's hard to like stop yourself.

00:52:24.760 Yeah, no, it is.

00:52:26.700 It's like, yeah, it's like, what do I want to do?

00:52:28.600 Like it's been so long since I really asked myself, like, what do I really, what do I want to do?

00:52:32.800 You know, am I just doing stuff or do I, do I have some dream or some or an ambition or just a, do I not want to do anything for a little while?

00:52:41.960 Like, um, so yeah, it's just so interesting that this is going on because there's, there really are some positives in all of this, uh, you know, that I don't even know if we know what they are all the time, but, but I know, I do know that they're there.

00:52:56.600 Right. Well, isn't that like supposed to be the thing where like, uh, some of the worst experiences of your life ended up being like, you know, some of the best.

00:53:07.780 Yeah.

00:53:08.120 The blessing.

00:53:08.980 I learned.

00:53:09.220 Oh yeah. They always say that.

00:53:10.660 That old cheesy saying, but it's kind of, you know, it's kind of true.

00:53:13.560 Yeah. My buddy used to say, if somebody serves you a certain, if you, if somebody serves you a Satan sandwich, at least you still got a sandwich, you know?

00:53:20.860 Right. Right. Reframe it.

00:53:22.260 Yeah. At least you still got that sandwich. Um, well, look, we, we wanted to send something just like a nice gift and just like, so you could just do something like just small and fun for yourself and just let you know that we're thinking of you.

00:53:34.180 And, um, and, um, I'm just proud of you. I feel like it's cool. Like it kind of makes me feel a little bit, it just reminds me about my own little adventure and like, you know, I got to stay positive.

00:53:46.560 Oh, sorry. You just went quiet and I didn't hear what you said after you said you were proud of me.

00:53:51.560 Oh, dang.

00:53:52.620 I'm going to need you to repeat that.

00:53:54.320 Okay. Let me see if I can remember. Um, no, it just, it, it just reminds me that I gotta, I have to remember that. Yeah, I can do this instead of like, cause I'll, a couple of times a day I'll get scared. Like, uh, you know, is everything going to be okay with, you know, having a studio here, having a studio somewhere else. And what if I have a couple of guests and it doesn't work out and, and I feel uncomfortable in the town.

00:54:16.640 And then I don't know anyone and, um, you know, and just trying to be, but, but, but those, but I can also look at things like, Hey, I'm going to get to go and, you know, maybe try some Brazilian jujitsu that I've been wanting to do.

00:54:28.800 Or I've been, you know, maybe I can start some new patterns because I'll be in a new place. Uh, you know, maybe it'll be easier for me to be out of my little goldfish bowl. It'll make me, you know, see how, you know, maybe I can try a different swim stroke, you know, since I'm not just stuck in the same bowl.

00:54:44.920 You know, I feel you. I feel you. I'm learning so much about myself, even just being around family that I haven't spent this much time with and ages and just tuning into some deep ancestral something.

00:54:58.600 I mean, I don't know. I'm just seeing like just similarities and like the way we act and stuff, which I've like never noticed before. And just like, um,

00:55:08.280 Getting back to our roots. We're all getting back to our roots. I think.

00:55:11.060 Right. No matter what, no matter what the natural color of them is, I think we're all getting back to our roots.

00:55:17.540 Right. I, yeah. Know thyself, I guess. I don't know. It's, it's good. It's good.

00:55:22.460 Well, I mean, you are just dang, uh, lovely. And if there's anything we can do to support like the business or a new business on social media or something like that, just make sure to, to check in and let us know.

00:55:34.600 And, um, and we'll be happy to do that.

00:55:37.480 Oh, thank you, Theo. I appreciate that.

00:55:39.420 Yeah. And don't feel weird about it either. We want to help out. Um,

00:55:43.140 Okay. I won't. I won't feel weird.

00:55:44.840 Okay. Good. I appreciate that. Um, but I'm glad I got to hear your voice again.

00:55:48.640 And I'm just glad that, that we got to chat a little bit and I'll try and do a better job also of keeping in touch sometimes because, uh, you know, it's just, you know,

00:55:57.320 we don't realize sometimes when we reach out to people that everybody wants to be reached out to, you know, it doesn't matter who it is. If it's an old friend, if it's a new friend, you know,

00:56:06.620 everybody wants to be, you know, thought of by other people. Um, so I'm glad that you took the time today to, to, to spend some time with us.

00:56:15.380 Of course. Thank you. Like I said, it's always a treat. It's so exciting. I love, I've, I love checking in with you guys.

00:56:23.140 Well, that's sweet of you to say. And, uh, and Nikki, we'll be in touch and, um, and I'll check in with you more often and you guys be good over there. And thanks for your time.

00:56:31.740 Yay. Thank you. Good luck, Theo, with all of your things that you're doing. And I love you and appreciate you.

00:56:37.720 I love you too. And, uh, look forward to seeing you in Columbus or in Arcata whenever I, uh, get near it.

00:56:42.400 Okay. Okay. Bye. Bye.

00:56:45.840 It's so funny that, uh, that Nikki does hair and that we're talking about roots, man.

00:56:53.820 You know, that's small, that small ball, but that's big court.

00:57:00.420 Um, and just the, yeah, just the bravery, man. I'm so lucky. I'm so lucky to,

00:57:07.100 to get to talk with these women and just to know these people. Um,

00:57:12.700 we had a couple of other moms that sent in stuff and, um, two other, not sending stuff that we checked in with.

00:57:19.520 And so we want to get to, uh, their videos right now.

00:57:22.780 They made videos because mom schedules can be busy and it means a lot that they even did this.

00:57:30.000 Uh, so we have one right here from Raquel and Raquel.

00:57:34.260 We did, we met up and she is a professor in Chicago and she brought, uh, she has a daughter

00:57:40.460 and she brought out her friend to the, um, we did painting.

00:57:46.900 We made some paintings. Oh, here they are. Hold on.

00:57:49.940 Hold on.

00:57:51.300 Hold on.

00:57:51.940 And there we go right here.

00:58:05.040 And that's a painting right there.

00:58:08.180 I think it's a lithograph or something.

00:58:10.360 I don't know.

00:58:11.920 It's definitely a painting though, but we made some paintings in,

00:58:15.460 had a little contest, a fun painting contest.

00:58:18.500 And, um, before the show at the laugh factory in Chicago,

00:58:23.580 it was about a year and a half.

00:58:24.600 It was like really the first weekend of the dark arts tour.

00:58:28.460 Um, and so, yeah, anyhow, lucky to have, uh, this, um, video from Raquel right here.

00:58:35.800 Here we go.

00:58:37.280 What's up, Theo?

00:58:38.540 This is Raquel, uh, reaching out to you,

00:58:42.240 thanking you as always for the check-in and for the wonderful, uh, notes and surprises I get,

00:58:50.380 we receive from you throughout the year.

00:58:52.420 You are so thoughtful and kind.

00:58:55.480 Oh, you're very welcome.

00:58:56.880 That's very sweet of you to say that.

00:58:58.560 Um, and really nice of you to make this video.

00:59:01.300 This looks so beautiful where you are.

00:59:03.620 Um, I'm here in Chicago at Lake Michigan doing what we do when it's 91 degrees.

00:59:11.160 We come to the lake.

00:59:12.660 Fortunate to have a child-free day.

00:59:14.360 My daughter is with friends that are included in our little bubble.

00:59:18.360 She's out in the suburbs at an outdoor swimming pool at somebody's house.

00:59:22.060 So, that's good.

00:59:23.620 Oh, yeah.

00:59:24.400 Mom got that day out.

00:59:26.360 I love hearing this.

00:59:28.720 Um, this is really nice.

00:59:31.980 Lake Michigan.

00:59:32.600 I didn't realize it was that.

00:59:33.860 I mean, that's clear water.

00:59:35.360 That's beautiful.

00:59:37.200 I'd get under that water.

00:59:38.660 That's nice.

00:59:39.360 Um, and Raquel, looking sultry out there, too.

00:59:43.040 You got the bathing suit.

00:59:44.280 Mom's out there having a good day.

00:59:46.360 I like this.

00:59:47.180 Let's hear more.

00:59:48.680 And, um, we have survived COVID thus far, like everybody else.

00:59:52.920 You know, the struggles are real.

00:59:54.120 The isolation, the six feet apart, the masking up, and all that good stuff.

00:59:58.200 But we've been doing it.

00:59:59.260 I'm happy to say she, um, she goes to an independent school.

01:00:02.640 So, she is going to be going back to school, um, after Labor Day with about 10 other kids

01:00:09.460 in her little pod.

01:00:11.120 Um, our school gave us the choice of, you know, being remote or in person.

01:00:15.140 And, um, we chose the in-person option.

01:00:20.040 I love that.

01:00:21.240 And so, she will be going to school in person.

01:00:24.620 I will continue working from home.

01:00:27.340 And then, in November, we'll see what's going on here at her school.

01:00:33.040 Um, it's all a grand experiment.

01:00:34.780 It's all a grand experiment.

01:00:36.080 So, uh, that's what's good with us.

01:00:38.360 We are doing really well.

01:00:40.860 We're doing well.

01:00:41.600 I hope you and yours and your family and all your fans are doing well, too.

01:00:46.360 So, thank you, Theo.

01:00:48.000 Thank you, thank you, thank you.

01:00:50.220 Enjoy.

01:00:52.240 Raquel, I think you, well, I think you definitely win the award for, uh, having the best time

01:00:57.380 of the day so far, um, for some of the moms we've been chatting with.

01:01:01.640 And, um, I'm happy to hear that your daughter is, is going to be enjoying herself and getting

01:01:06.500 to go to school and have some friends and have that interaction.

01:01:09.980 Uh, and yeah, the struggle is real.

01:01:12.680 You know, I think it's been real for, it's been real for a lot of people.

01:01:17.520 Um, but thank you for taking the time to share that message.

01:01:20.860 And I'm glad you're having, getting to have a day to yourself or somewhat to yourself.

01:01:25.420 I know a mom's job is never really their own or time is never really their own, but really

01:01:33.460 sweet of you.

01:01:34.180 Uh, and I'm glad that we still get to keep in touch.

01:01:37.680 Uh, and we want to do something nice.

01:01:39.140 We'll, we'll be in touch about that.

01:01:41.020 And just, um, thank you for being a part of our lives here on the episode and on the podcast

01:01:46.980 and with this family.

01:01:48.840 Uh, we got one more check-in video right here.

01:01:52.980 And this is from Emily from Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

01:02:00.380 Uh, um, let's hear from her.

01:02:02.680 Hey Theo, it's Emily from Wisconsin.

01:02:05.900 We met almost two years ago now in Minneapolis for single mom's night out.

01:02:11.000 That's crazy.

01:02:11.880 And I do remember that.

01:02:13.100 Uh, and I have some photos too, and I'll drop those into this as we, uh, go through your

01:02:19.100 video.

01:02:19.560 Okay.

01:02:20.900 I'm not too anxious about the fall with kids going back to school.

01:02:24.660 Cause my son will be five.

01:02:26.960 So he would be in 4k this year and I'm just not going to send them because I'm not okay

01:02:34.040 with a lot of the things going on right now with requirements for wearing mask for school

01:02:38.500 age kids.

01:02:40.000 And it's just something that I don't want to support because I don't believe in it whatsoever.

01:02:45.180 Well, I, I, I, I love that.

01:02:47.820 I love that you, um, yeah, I'm, I'm sure it's tough for, you know, moms have to stand

01:02:52.360 by what they feel is best.

01:02:53.700 And so that's what a mom is.

01:02:56.160 And so I'm glad to see you, uh, trusting your instincts.

01:03:00.040 I hope other parents are making the same decisions and doing the best that they can, but I understand

01:03:04.920 it's not always the easiest, um, no dating for me during this time.

01:03:09.800 So I don't have any good tips or tricks, but I can say that I moved in with my boyfriend

01:03:14.880 last year, the end of last year.

01:03:17.680 And this has really been a time to force us to work on things and, you know, address some

01:03:24.140 things that I probably wouldn't have in the past.

01:03:26.860 I maybe would have just dipped and run, um, or found the negative, but I really relied on

01:03:32.160 him for support.

01:03:32.880 And he's been really helpful with my son and, um, with my job and everything else.

01:03:37.620 So, wow, that's really amazing to hear that.

01:03:41.080 I think, and I think I remember you were in chiropractor, chiropractor, I believe.

01:03:45.060 Um, and yeah, I mean, I think being together and in those relationships and you got to figure

01:03:50.680 it out.

01:03:51.300 I mean, it's like a damn UFC right now for relationships.

01:03:54.240 It is.

01:03:54.760 They closed the cage and you're in that octagon.

01:03:58.020 This is, um, it's real bare knuckles these days.

01:04:02.700 Um, so, uh, I'm glad to see that you, you, you're doing well with that.

01:04:08.740 COVID's been great, actually financially, um, just emotionally spending time with my family

01:04:15.020 and, uh, my company is opening a second location next week.

01:04:20.160 That will be mine to run.

01:04:21.520 So I achieved one of my goals and dreams for my life to have my own clinic.

01:04:26.340 So I'm really excited.

01:04:28.040 Um, thank you so much for all that you do.

01:04:29.960 Shout out to my brother who's been sober over a year and he just loves and digs your podcast.

01:04:35.260 Same with me.

01:04:36.180 Gang, gang.

01:04:38.480 Gang, gang.

01:04:39.380 Thank you, Emily.

01:04:41.020 Thank you for, uh, the video.

01:04:43.180 Uh, congratulations on your business.

01:04:46.060 That's amazing.

01:04:48.140 You know, one thing I do remember about you is that you were very, uh, you're a go-getter,

01:04:54.500 you know, and, um, and go-getters get.

01:04:58.820 But, they do.

01:05:00.600 They really do.

01:05:02.120 Uh, congratulations to your brother.

01:05:05.120 You know, just, um, you know, it's obviously that you really care about him.

01:05:09.480 And I think he even texted me about it.

01:05:11.740 I think we, we even texted about him once.

01:05:14.340 Um, but, uh, but yeah, I saw you also in Vegas.

01:05:20.280 My mind got blurry towards, like, before COVID, like the six months before COVID.

01:05:26.580 I, I don't even know what I was doing a lot of times.

01:05:29.200 Um, but congratulations to your brother.

01:05:31.800 Congratulations to you.

01:05:33.000 We want to send something nice, you know, so you could go do something fun on behalf

01:05:35.880 of the podcast.

01:05:36.480 And, um, but that's so cool.

01:05:40.000 You're opening your own clinic.

01:05:42.280 Man, that's awesome.

01:05:44.140 And it sounds like a lot of great things are happening in your life.

01:05:47.220 And, uh, thank you for sharing them with us.

01:05:49.840 It sounds like you deserve them.

01:05:51.080 Um, man, I'm just so, I didn't realize how lucky I am to know so many cool chicks.

01:06:00.300 Uh, yeah, I just feel so lucky.

01:06:04.060 Um, and we didn't get to reach out to all the single moms, uh, but, you know, we, we did

01:06:10.540 what we could and, and we just wanted to put together an episode.

01:06:13.540 And so I'm glad we're able to make this happen.

01:06:15.860 And thank you to all the moms for being a part of our, uh, just a part of our lives

01:06:21.120 in a little bit of a way.

01:06:23.140 You know, I think one thing that I'm reminded of by all of these women, uh, is just, I guess

01:06:34.660 I just feel grateful that they all cared enough to still communicate and be a part of the show

01:06:40.420 and be a part of, uh, of my life and, and our lives.

01:06:46.520 And, um, it's cool.

01:06:51.940 You know, uh, you know, I really just wanted to kind of get back to the roots of, of things

01:07:00.140 that made this podcast feel good to me when I started.

01:07:04.040 Um, you know, and one of those things has been, you know, connecting with, you know, when

01:07:15.780 I was a kid, I never got to, I never really, you know, you can only talk to, you can only

01:07:21.280 do so much for your mom cause you're a kid.

01:07:25.100 You know, you don't get to be a man for your mother when you're a child.

01:07:28.020 You just get to be a kid.

01:07:34.660 And so often I think, you know, you want to be able to be more, but you're just a child.

01:07:44.780 Um, and so it's nice now as an adult that I can get little pieces of, well, I don't know

01:07:53.700 what it is, uh, I guess it's selfish in some ways, but it's nice as an adult now that I'm

01:08:00.340 able to, no, it's not, well, it is selfish, I guess, but it's nice that I'm able to interact

01:08:06.340 with mothers who were at the point that my mom was when I was a kid and just, just let

01:08:19.780 them know that people care, you know, cause I think, you know, when I was a kid, I think

01:08:25.440 I probably wanted someone to let my mother know that and, and I, and no, and there wasn't

01:08:34.260 somebody around to do it and I couldn't do it.

01:08:38.140 You know, I was a kid, it just wouldn't have been, I wasn't thinking that way.

01:08:42.180 I was just a child, you know, and, and I couldn't, our relationship wasn't like that, you know?

01:08:51.680 Um, this just today for me, just a nice reminder of, you know, you think about space, they got

01:09:01.600 people in space and we go looking out there and you think, you know, they put a man in a

01:09:08.580 damn, you know, half of a Toyota Camry and shoot them out there and, you know, a third

01:09:17.620 of the time, the damn thing, the engine, you know, blows out on the way up.

01:09:25.360 Just looking into the nothing, we're just looking into the nothing and that's good.

01:09:32.340 But sometimes, you know, it's just a nice reminder, you know, to get, just to touch hold

01:09:44.120 to the things that are holding on to us, you know, to check in with our mothers, to check

01:09:51.600 in with our fathers, to check in with our stepmothers or our stepfathers or our pseudo-mothers

01:09:58.080 even, you know, we got a bunch of second-hand moms here.

01:10:06.680 You know, I bet you, if you were a TPW fan or listener, you could walk up to any of these

01:10:12.040 single moms and, and tell them hello and, and you'd have a special place in their heart

01:10:19.240 and vice versa.

01:10:26.460 And that's just powerful.

01:10:27.680 It's just, you know, it's just a reminder that, you know, it's, I don't know if it's

01:10:33.820 a reminder, but it's, you know, sometimes we're out there looking, I'm out there looking so

01:10:40.000 hard for stuff and, and we got, you know, we out there in outer space, we're out there

01:10:45.420 on Saturn.

01:10:47.220 Meanwhile, we got women here in Eau Claire, we got people here in, in Columbus and Arcata.

01:10:55.220 You know, we got people here in, in Chicago.

01:11:00.640 We got people here in, in, in Utah.

01:11:07.160 You know, sometimes it's nice just to know that, or just to remind, to remember that

01:11:18.380 the, that some of that connection that we're out there hunting all the time is, you know,

01:11:25.580 it's, it's already there.

01:11:28.280 It's our, you know, it's our roots.

01:11:39.160 And, yeah, it just, and it's, you know, it's nice as a child, I couldn't, you know, I couldn't

01:11:46.520 do things for my mother.

01:11:47.520 I couldn't tell, I couldn't be a man and tell my mother how I felt.

01:11:50.780 And now I get to be a man and I can look back and I can connect with people that are in

01:11:56.860 the same space and, and just be a part of just letting these women know that they're

01:12:03.060 loved.

01:12:06.400 That's all.

01:12:07.300 And they're not asking for it.

01:12:08.700 They're not, I mean, we picked these ladies out of the damn ether.

01:12:11.720 But, but they just return it right back, you know, and, and I just feel grateful, I think,

01:12:24.460 just to know, I don't know, I don't know what I feel exactly, but I do, I feel good.

01:12:29.800 You know, I feel good that, you know, when I was a kid, there was, you know, I couldn't,

01:12:43.860 I couldn't let my mother know that I cared as much as, you know, I couldn't, I couldn't

01:12:52.360 help out.

01:12:53.000 I didn't have any means to help a little, even if she wasn't asking for it, to help a little.

01:12:59.800 You know, I didn't have the voice.

01:13:01.560 I didn't have the voice as a child to say, you know, Hey, my, you're doing a good job

01:13:08.280 or I'm probably, you know, I just, we didn't have that connection, you know, we didn't have

01:13:10.980 it.

01:13:14.400 But I can take that same template, that same missed opportunity that I, you know, and I

01:13:22.760 can apply it now.

01:13:23.720 You know, and that's one of the gifts of just existence is to be able to fill in these

01:13:41.580 spaces of, of, of our past with, uh, with the people of, um, of right now.

01:14:00.200 You know, if you didn't get to be good to your sister, go be good to someone else's sister,

01:14:04.300 you know, I don't know, I don't know what I'm saying, I guess, but, but sometimes I don't

01:14:18.300 have to look real far to find what, you know, I don't have to look as far as I think.

01:14:23.740 And, um, yeah, I'm just really inspired.

01:14:32.040 I'm inspired by these moms and I'm inspired by dads too.

01:14:35.860 I know there's single dads.

01:14:37.020 People say that get on me by, but you know, I can't, you know, we do what we can, man.

01:14:46.740 And just a lot of beautiful, cool, bad ass chicks out there.

01:14:51.160 And we get to know them a little bit.

01:15:00.040 That's cool, man.

01:15:02.600 We're going to go out today on a hit, man.

01:15:04.680 You know this man.

01:15:07.760 And he might even be able to, you know, in Nashville,

01:15:09.840 maybe be able to get him to do some live tracks or do something special.

01:15:12.640 Who knows?

01:15:13.920 I believe he lives over there.

01:15:16.840 And this song, man, this one gets me every time, you know,

01:15:19.820 because I like to play, dude.

01:15:22.020 I, of course, I could play something upbeat for you,

01:15:24.340 but you know, I want something that's going to damn rinse you, baby.

01:15:27.660 I'm trying to freaking get them eyeballs empty, dog.

01:15:30.320 You know, daddy.

01:15:31.040 But this is The Devil, God, and Me.

01:15:40.500 And this is by Evan Bartels.

01:15:43.780 Man, I love this song.

01:15:45.220 And I love you.

01:15:48.120 And thank you for being a part of my week.

01:15:50.060 Thank you for being a part of my life.

01:15:51.820 Thank you for supporting this little adventure of this podcast.

01:15:54.300 And, yeah, and thanks for just for listening and thinking with me today.

01:16:00.820 And I'm just thinking about just getting back to my roots, you know.

01:16:04.860 You know, I don't want to forget the things that made me care about doing this

01:16:07.960 in the first place or forget the things that I care about.

01:16:13.520 You know, when this whole pandy happened or whatever,

01:16:16.080 I think I just got scared.

01:16:17.980 And I think when my career got busy, I got scared.

01:16:24.300 Who am I supposed to be?

01:16:25.560 What do I do now?

01:16:27.000 Who am I?

01:16:30.640 I started worrying more about the business.

01:16:39.280 But just lucky to have reminders.

01:16:42.840 And I'm glad we put some reminders in place in the beginning.

01:16:45.320 So that I can remember.

01:16:52.200 Because nothing makes me really, really, really, really,

01:16:55.540 nothing makes me feel better, I think, than caring about other people.

01:17:01.200 It's just sometimes you got to just, you got to remember,

01:17:03.760 you got to work that muscle.

01:17:06.040 So, anyway, I'm rambling.

01:17:07.800 But be good to yourself.

01:17:09.100 You know, you deserve it.

01:17:10.080 And if there's a relationship in your past that you weren't able to have,

01:17:17.820 just remake it.

01:17:23.680 You know, remake it somewhere else.

01:17:28.960 You know, we're all just wandering around.

01:17:30.720 We're all loose ends.

01:17:31.720 And we just got to tie on to each other, man.

01:17:37.100 We can do it.

01:17:40.080 This is Evan Bartels, The Devil, God, and Me.

01:17:43.140 Oh, mother, may I open my eyes?

01:18:06.700 Because there's a great big world waiting right outside.

01:18:17.440 Mother, may I raise my voice?

01:18:22.060 Amen.

01:18:24.060 Do we, the people, have that choice?

01:18:32.560 Mother, may I rest my head?

01:18:39.800 Though I did not try my best.

01:18:45.740 Amen.

01:18:46.180 Mother, may I sip the wine

01:18:52.100 Though I did not tend the vine

01:18:59.540 Oh, death

01:19:06.960 But you can't comfort me

01:19:12.960 Oh, death

01:19:22.960 But you can't comfort me

01:19:28.960 Oh, devil, I do have your name

01:19:41.260 Hello, baby

01:19:42.700 Come on, we

01:19:43.380 Stuck in my ear

01:19:46.320 And I'm to blame

01:19:48.300 Oh, I beg you, let me be

01:19:55.960 Devil, you ignore my plea

01:20:03.520 Come on, man, come on

01:20:05.020 The crown of lies I wear in shame

01:20:10.920 What I would give to try again

01:20:17.700 Amen, man, man

01:20:18.360 The crown of lies I wear in shame, baby

01:20:20.860 Oh, death

01:20:24.700 You can comfort me

01:20:30.400 Come on

01:20:31.200 Oh, death

01:20:42.060 But you can't comfort me

01:20:47.620 And you can check out the rest of that tune, man

01:21:01.480 That's Evan Bartell's

01:21:03.040 The Devil

01:21:03.780 God

01:21:05.620 And

01:21:06.160 Me

01:21:06.720 And you can listen to the rest of that

01:21:10.020 Beautiful hit

01:21:12.000 At

01:21:13.180 Evan Bartell's

01:21:14.820 Go look him up

01:21:15.660 The link to his album

01:21:17.100 A Promised Land

01:21:18.520 And The Devil

01:21:19.780 God

01:21:20.120 And Me

01:21:20.520 Link to them albums

01:21:22.240 Will be in

01:21:23.140 The information

01:21:24.380 But yeah, it's funny, man

01:21:27.220 We were talking in the beginning

01:21:27.860 About grabbing your bag, you know

01:21:29.540 And then we're also talking about

01:21:32.100 Getting back to your roots

01:21:33.180 And there's no

01:21:35.860 Stronger source of roots on a man

01:21:38.600 Than his nuts or his bag

01:21:41.860 Amen to that

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This Past Weekend with Theo Von - August 24, 2020

E293 Back to Our Roots

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